Hello everyone today i will be reviewing the book Command and Conquer Tiberium Wars.
This book is based and takes place during the video Game of the Same name. For those of you who dont know here is the basic story of the game.
(Spoilers Below)
The games takes place on earth. In the year 1995 a asteroid hits southern italy near the tiber river. Leaving a substance that will later be called Tiberium.This substance while giving mane the ability to creat great energy also is very toxic and since the years of the asteroid impact has caused the substance to spread across the earth. In the insueing years the world has become split between two factions. The GDI who are trying to protect the world from the spread of tiberium and have designated the world into three zones Red(complete infestation no life possible), Yellow (infestation but life possible), and Blue(no infestation) they are the good guys and are trying to stop the spread of tiberium. The bad guys are the Brotherhood of Nod who believe tiberium is the key to the next step of mankinds evolution and who are lead by a dictator by the name of Kane. In the book you follow the exploits of a man named vega and the 22nd infantry division as they go and try to stop kane and the brotherhood from spreading tiberium all over the world.
(spoilers end)
The book is written ok i have read books written better. Much of the dialogue is over the top and some of the scenes are the same wya but that is expected from anything in the C & C universe. The book gives people espically players a look at what happened while they were being heroes and if you dont have the game it gives you something to look forward too. The book allows for a sequeal just like the games and also has a few surprises in it that if you have not played the game will get you a little but not much. this is a kill time read pretty much something you buy just to kill time and not something you would read alot. It is a good book but not a repeat read. There were some things the author could have done that could have made the book a little better but all in all the author tried not to move to far away from the source material. With that being said the author should have tried to think outside the box alittle in terms of the character and action
6 out of ten stars
Pros
Sticks true to the source material
Will allow fans of the games to see what happened while they were saving the world in the game
the tv sequences are cool
Cons
Characters and sequences can be over the top
If you are not a fan of the source material then you probably wont like this book
author could have done a better job of character development
Everyone have a merry christmas and a happy new year
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